Oregon, Kentucky

Oregon is a
Mercer county
community on the Kentucky River about five miles northeast of
Harrodsburg.
Nearby was Harrod's Landing, established by James Harrod who
settled at Harrodsburg in 1774. A town of Warwick was chartered near
Harrod's Landing by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1787 and it became an
important Kentucky River port. By 1847 the town was known as Oregon. The
origins of the names Oregon and Warwick are unknown.
A Warwick post office operated in the town from 1889 until 1891 and then at
various locations on the
Woodford county side
of the river from 1902 until 1912.